Extending greetings on Eid-ul-Fitr PDP president Mehbooba Mufti today paid glowing tributes to the fortitude and patience displayed by the Muslim community in Kashmir and the rest of the country in the best traditions of Islam.
In her message, she said Muslims truly lived Ramzan this year in the spirit of the holy month by facing an unprecedented onslaught on the community by the BJP governments and its militant political arms across the country with exemplary patience that’s generally associated with early days of Islam.
Mehbooba said while the bulldozer became the symbol of state terror against the community the Demons of hate unleashed by the government seemed to be on a rampage in every form of their choice, depending on the occasion and BJP’s Hindu Rashtra roadmap.
She said in J&K we have been witnessing atrocities of all kinds ranging from mass imprisonment of the population to unaccounted killings. The people of the state faced these attacks on their existence as a distinguished part of the country with silent dignity and fortitude without compromising on their aspirations.
While we would continue our struggle through all democratic and peaceful means, we miss on this Eid our young and old prisoners of all ages who are in jails in and out of Kashmir without any charges. Mehbooba said our heart goes out to the families of those who lost their dear ones in staged encounters and those who were targeted for their political or religious affiliations.
“The cries of family members not demanding justice but only the dead bodies of their loved ones killed in Hyderpora incident were distressing,” she said, as per a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat.
On this Eid, we also feel sad for the lives lost of jawans from all over the country and brave members of the Jammu and Kashmir Police who are becoming cannon fodder for the failure of our leadership to resolve political problems through diplomacy and dialogue.
“Our hallowed grand mosque, Jama Masjid, continues to be out of bounding for Muslims even for Eid prayers, causing great hurt and sorrow to the Muslims of J&K, as does the prolonged detention of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq,” she said.
Paying tributes to the young independent journalists like Fahad Shah, Asif Sultan, and Sajad Gul who just for carrying out their professional roles are facing the wrath of the rulers, Mehbooba said,
“We stand in solidarity with them and human rights defenders like Khurram Parvez. She said while in the rest of the country young Muslim intellectuals like Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam are in jail on trumped-up charges, our own Youth President Wahid ur Rehman Para has set new standards of resilience and silent resistance to targeted victimization for following a democratic path,” she said.
The mysterious and frequent fire incidents across Kashmir, especially in downtown Srinagar have rendered scores of families devastated and homeless.
While it’s heartbreaking to see society, especially some local NGOs, come to their help, the administration has made little effort to find out the cause of these incidents, much less provide any substantial assistance in rebuilding their lives.
” I am sure in these hard days that Kashmir is facing on every front, the community comes forward more effectively on the occasion of Eid,” the former CM said, as per the press release.
Mehbooba paid special tributes to NGOs like Athrout who have been at the forefront in providing succor to the needy in all emergencies and calamities.
Referring to the situation in Jammu PDP president said while the arbitrary constitutional subversion has left people there as much vulnerable and disempowered as in Kashmir but it’s a matter of satisfaction that they have withstood the virus of hate unleashed in the country. She expressed confidence that this Eid will further strengthen the community bonds in all the regions of Jammu province.